ONE (1) of the front dampeners has a failed oil seal (completley straight piston and bilstien agreed to rebuild for less than 100$)
the other three work great and I ended up going with new ones all the way around
the coilovers as a whole have 60,000 miles on them.

here is the info
ONE (1) of the bilstien dampeners has blown its seal. its perfectly straight and can be rebuilt by bilstien for less than 100$
the other 3 work great. i ended up just getting all new ones because i had the money and its my only car
415$ shipped